The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-09
TWO MAMMOTH MANUFACTURERS
THE INAUGURATION OF AN UvFRgCg
DEN TED EooM FOR LAURENS,
Two gers In The Right OBJECTIONABLE Il
Ole Week.

81 b"vo 2lways had an abiding raith in
tho fnturc greatness of Laurcns, s. c."
This remark was caught on Thursday
last by an ADVERTISER local while
St"nIinS at n of four cp, is. "And", he
E'ald "Gain, Il belicyc this is tho place
'ur my mills"
. uch remarks coming from n
stranger who had Just arrived on tho
evening tram and who was met and
welcomed homo by a prominent bus.-
moss mar OF this piece, attracted the at
icntion of "yo local" Indeed it was on
~ the work of Il IN to discover
ihat tho speaker meant business and
1t was our desire to hear moro of The
S"mc sort. Follow him up IN cager an
ticip&tion of the satisfaction ofa column
a2d-a half description of somo gigantic
cnt"rpriScthat was in act The Of bursting
E."n the calm and serene citizens of
i~htllrCnS, we soon found that he chad
no,hinG vet for the newspapers" "But
! Will PROMISE said the "to
%iNc YOU an interview before | leave,
winch Will probably be tomorrow nora
rtS at S:-o.' ''rhunks' replied tho 40
' L ''Nf'ht Il tillS CN clIlllE, L VIII SCc
yIu?"
NV to newspaper man, such Il pros
poet was like the gathering Of Il dark
cloud during a drought in August. ii
promised much. Bat az some hours
must clapso before tho promised inter
Wow, your reporter vontured to spend
III" time strolling through that part OF
lho city known rs "Jcrscy."
Scarcely had wo crossed tho narrow
stream which separates Jorsoy from
LaurCnS, before our attention was di-
rectc1 to Il largo force ofhands at work
in q g.;inS o:U the sido of a hill. Ap
pre- t2hing we found Mr.. II. T.. Gray
i charge, giving directions for the
I 2"tior of another large and commo-
o'ouS Shop. This new building Gray &
Ar' r:Cr have rented to Mr.. Written
Nir w.l"p2r- &c IN c~N,cl5ivo carriage
AL ". 8ot f2ctOry at tbs place. Mr..
Cray said to the reporter, "ho will have
the use of the machinery we now use in
shop and will add some of hisown.''
eyes, this is one of the hest invest.
mcntS know of. Mr.. Written is Tho
right Kind of 4 MAJ for such an on
tcrpriso, and will push it Tor all it is
worth. He has for Il number of wears
b.Hn engaged in this business, and
makes superior vehicles. He thinks
i.aurcns is tho place for him, and in a
few years instead of seeing car loads OF
wagons coming into this place from
N"r'l Carolina and Tennessee, YOU will
see them go out with "Whittcn Laur-
ems, 5. Co." brandcd on the side. This
Will afford employment for many me-
chanics who are now id!o and will bring
others. 1t is n grand enterprise for
laurcns. II will serge to draw attcn-
ton to hundreds Of other small manu-
factories, without which no town can
prosper"
such marvellous strides towards de-
Velopiug the little town of Laurens into
a great manufacturing city-crowded
together in ono short hour-made your
reporter succumb, and at last account
he was quietly slowed away to recu-
pcratc and revive his shattered nerves.
I-ATER.-Stin unwcll, but able to learn
that first gentleman mentioned, was
in search OLA location for u cotton seed
oil mill, and thinks our town Il most
suitable place. 1t is II fixed fact and cv-
en- now, although tho fever is still with
us, wccan hear the roar ofwhcols grind
ing cotton seed in I.aurons.
Mr.. Written has already arrived and
will begin operations ut once. For
further particulars watch tho columns
ofrHE ADVERTISER.